Puzzle



May 12, 1925. 1,537,373

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Patented May 12, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT eErIcE.

JAMES G. PORTTEUS, OF MARION, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-IIALF T SANEORJJyTseran CLINTON JONES, 0F MARION, INDIANA.

PUZZLE.

Application led April 27, 1922.

T0 all 'ui/ont t muy concern.'

He it known that l, JAMES G. Pon'r'rEUs. a citizen of the United States,residing at Marion, in the county of Grant and State of Indiana, haveinvented a nenv and useful lfuzzle, of which the following,r is aspecifii cation.

rilhis invention relates to the class of puzzles and inag'ics, thepriinary object of the invention being1 to provide a puzzle which willbe exceptionally difficult to operate, and one wherein the operatorsskill will be test# ed in the carrying out of the `purpose of the'invention.

Another object of the invention is to proride a puzzle including acontainer wherein the walls thereof are relatively straight, therebyeliminating pockets or recesses in which a ball may be held whilepositioning' another ball.

lilith the foregoing; and other objects in rienv Which Will appear asthe description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, inay be inade Within thescope of what is claimed, Without depart ine' frein the spirit of theinvention.

Referringto the drawing- Figure l is a plan vien7 of a puzzleconstructed in accordance with the present in- Yeution.

Figure 2 is a. transverse sectional view through the device.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference character 5 designatesthe base of the body portion of the puzzle which is formed preferably ofWood, and to which the side Walls G of the puzzle are secured as bymeans of the nails 7. The side Walls 6 are formed preferably of sheetmetal so that the saine vfill be exceptionally cheap to nuinufacture,the saine being formed by a well known stamping operation.

Formed at the upper edges of the side Walls are the inwardly extendingflanges 8 to which the transparent cover 9 is secured, it beingpreferred however to secure the Serial No. 556,889.

The spaced walls l() provide pockets to receive the movable elements`1l, which are in the forni of nietal balls, the space between the Wallsl0 of each pocket being of awidth greater than the diameter of ytheballs to permit the balls to inove freely Within the i pockets, theballs beingshown in dotted lines as positioned Within the pockets. Eachof these Walls i0 is for'ined with a downwardly extended portionadapted` to lie against the sides of the body portion to secure theWalls l0 in position.

To accomplish the purpose ofthe invention, the person operating,` thepuzzletilts the body portion in any desired direction to cause the ballsto inove into the pockets, the point of the gaine being to nieve thebody portion or puzzle in4 such a Way thata ball will pass intov eachpocket, and be held therein.

Having' thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is rlin `apuzzle, a base, side Walls secured to the base and extending upwardlytherefrom, said walls having` inwardlyextended flanges, a cover oftranslucent material adapted to engage the flanges, a pair of spacedWalls arranged in the corners of `the base and extending' at obliqueanglesivith respect to the side Walls, the central portion ofthe basebeing free of obstructions, balls inounted on the base to rollthereover, and said balls adapted to nieve from positions lbetween theobliquely dispose-d Walls at one corner of the base directly acrossthebase'to a position between the walls at the opposite corner of thebase.

ln testimony that l claim the foregoing as niy own I have hereto afiizediny signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

' JAMES G. PORTTEUS. Vitnesses J. S. Sinon, G. L. STUMP,

